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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the girls sent to their bed chambers?
(a) There is a bad storm.
(b) They are supposed to decorate their bed chambers.
(c) The wagons with the prince arrive.
(d) There is a plague in the village nearby.

2. Who does Miri think the prince should marry?
(a) Katar.
(b) Frid.
(c) A girl who is in love with him.
(d) Gerti.

3. What does Miri decide to let go?
(a) Her dreams of working in the quarry.
(b) Her dreams of moving to the big city.
(c) Her dreams of being the leader of the village.
(d) Her dreams of marrying Peder.

4. What does Olana blame on the girls?
(a) That the prince told Olana to work on their dance skills.
(b) The departure of the prince.
(c) The failure of the prince to choose.
(d) The way Olana was treated by the nobles accompanying the prince.

5. What happens to Britta the night before the ball?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She becomes despondent.
(c) She falls ill.
(d) She leaves to go home.

6. Why do the bandits stay in the school?
(a) Awaiting their leader's arrival.
(b) Awaiting more men.
(c) It is a comfortable place to spend the winter.
(d) Waiting for the winter storm to abate.

7. What does Miri realize at daybreak?
(a) She loves Peder.
(b) She does not want to leave her village.
(c) She might die that day.
(d) She is going to have to rescue herself.

8. What does Miri begin to relate?
(a) A story about a dead princess who kills bandits.
(b) A story about bandits being chased out of Mount Eskel.
(c) Nothing; she is gagged.
(d) A story about the ghosts around the area that punish wrongdoers.

9. What happens to Britta as they wait for the prince?
(a) She faints.
(b) She breaks down and starts crying.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She leaves the assembly.

10. What has started blooming?
(a) The mountain laurel.
(b) Britta's garden.
(c) The cherry trees.
(d) The wild flowers.

11. What pact do the girls make?
(a) They will remain friends after this when they return to the village.
(b) They will always be there for the new queen.
(c) The chosen one will help to improve their village's life.
(d) They will be happy for whomever the prince chooses.

12. Who is released from the closet?
(a) One of the bandits.
(b) Olana and Knut.
(c) Britta.
(d) No one is in the closet.

13. To what does Miri awaken?
(a) The snores of the bandits.
(b) The sound of Olana screaming.
(c) The sound of Frid screaming.
(d) The sound of Peder calling to her in quarry-speech.

14. What do the girls say about the prince?
(a) They do not talk about him.
(b) They say he is cruel.
(c) They say he is very handsome.
(d) They say he is not really going to come there.

15. To whom does Olana give the painting of the cottage?
(a) Gerti's family.
(b) She keeps it herself.
(c) Miri's family.
(d) Britta as a wedding present.

Short Answer Questions

1. Towards what is Dan inching?

2. Why do the bandits hit Miri?

3. What does Miri worry about after telling the true story of her mother?

4. About what does Britta teach Miri?

5. What is the result of Miri helping Gerti?

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